Harry Potter snuck down to the pens where the dragons were kept the night after Hagrid had shown him what the first task was. He was curious, as first year he found himself catching snippets of words right before they managed to smuggle Norbert out of the school. He thought he had just been hearing voices, but the next year when he found out he could speak to snakes, he was intrigued. It seemed that the dragon handlers had their camp far away from the actual dragons and the dragons were quite a bit calmer than they had been last night. Steeling himself, Harry stepped out of the cover of the forest slowly and approached the four dragons and their hungry eyes.
"Excuse me," Harry said in snake speech, he may have acted like he hated it, but it was too useful a tool to actually hate, "But can you understand me?"
"We can understand all languages you puny human. What do you think we are, stupid?" The great horntail hissed back.
"I am sorry," Harry answered, "I just didn't know that I would be able to communicate with you."
The Chinese Fireball lifted its head in astonishment. "You can understand us hatchling?" Apparently the dragons did not notice he had spoken in hissing noises. "How is this possible?"
"I do not know great one," Harry replied, he might have been laying it on thick, but better to be a kiss up than dead. "I seem to have the powers to speak to snakes and now it appears that it has extended to dragons as well."
"Interesting," The horntail mused. "Come closer hatchling so we may better look at you."
Nervously, Harry shuffled forward. After all, they did not say that he would be safe, but they just wanted to get a better look at him. Being this close to a dragon without threat of a fire instantly burning him, was pretty cool. Where the horntail at first glance looked to have only solid black scales, closer inspection showed grey and dark brown as well. All of the dragons had different shades and colors, although they did not look any less menacing.
"There is a darkness upon this boy great mother, a darkness that infects his pure soul."
"Yes I see it. Come here child, I need to remove that scar on your head with dragon's breath. That is dark magic at work on your very existence." Stepping forward nervously, Harry waited as the dragon took a lungful of air and blew on his face. Distantly he heard screaming and then a black wisp rose up that he just caught before a concentrated burst from the Swedish dragon destroyed the wisp. "There hatchling, might I ask why you were carrying around such evil on your face?"
"What was that?" Harry asked, "I was told that my scar was just that, a scar."
"Oh hatchling, you have been lied to about that. If you are agreeable, Long Fang, the dragon you humans call Fireball, has a way to tell if any more things have been hidden from you."
Harry nodded and went to stand in front of the specified dragon. After all, the Horntail had gotten rid of the spirit when she said she would and there was no reason to not trust the dragons. "Good hatchling, now look into my eyes and simply relax. If you feel a slight pressure in your head, try not to fight it." Harry did indeed feel the mental intrusion, but did as the dragon asked and fought hard not to fight against the probe. It was only a matter of minutes, where Harry saw only brief glances of what the dragon was looking at before the dragon let out a massive roar. "Defilers! Cheats! How dare they do this to a hatchling?!"
As the dragon roared, a wave of fresh memories washed over Harry. He saw him going to Gringotts after his first year and learning that withdrawals had been made in his name. He saw Ron and Hermione discussing their plans to spy on him each year. He saw how he had discovered the potions that he was fed while at Hogwarts and the blocks placed on him that prevented him from growing in any way that did not go to plan according to Albus Dumbledore. He saw Sirius and Remus beating him for living while James and Lily died. And then he saw all those memories obliviated. Soon, he felt the righteous anger that the oldest dragon felt as well.
"What is it?" The other dragons asked. Harry then broke down and started to sob at how he had been manipulated. The lies his so called friends and family told him. While Harry was trying to get himself under control, the dragons all shared the memories that the Chinese one had discovered. Soon all the dragons were chomping at the bit to get to the bearded one and his companions.
"Oh young hatchling, the world has not been kind to you. You now have the memories that you should have and your blocks have been removed, but it is not safe for you to return."
"But what will I do? I don't have anywhere else that I could go."
Harry saw the dragons look at each other and then as one nodded. "You have a choice hatchling. There are many worlds in this universe and quite a few of them have dragons. With the powers of us here, we can transport you to the world of our choosing, where you can live out your life. I will warn you that many of these worlds that have dragons are also in a state of war or will be soon. We dragons are powerful, and although we are peaceful creatures by nature, humans always seem to corrupt us for their power. We have a world picked out for you young Harry and if you are agreeable we will give you the knowledge of this world and ask that you take an egg from each of our nests if you decide to go. We have lost a connection to all our brothers and sisters from this realm and it can never be good if that happens."
"There's not really much of a choice is there? After all, you are giving me the chance to start a new life in a new world, with the knowledge that you have. I would be insane and still be under the blocks if I were to refuse this generous offer."
"Very good child, now step in the middle of us. Good, now focus your magic to your eyes and then outwards towards us and we shall take care of the rest." Harry was soon filled with a fountain of knowledge. He soon discovered the three main languages of the land, the many landmarks and what the races called them, and the dragon riders. "Fly swift young one and fight for freedom."
A/N: I had thought to make this part of the Inheritance Cycle, but you could change it up and put it in Game of Thrones or another series. Once again, let me know if you want to adopt any story.
